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Afternoon Reading: I Expected the Worst...

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Afternoon Reading: I Expected the Worst...: Episode 1: My Last Breath

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I Expected the Worst...

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My Last Breath

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By Luis Bunuel. The film director on making Un Chien Andalou, helped by the Surrealists.

By Luis Bunuel. 4 Extra Debut. Three directors' adventures in film. Luis Bunuel on making Un Chien Andalou, helped by the Surrealists. Read by Ian McDiarmid.

"Before the showing, I put some stones in my pocket to throw at the audience in case of disaster. I expected the worst. But, happily, the stones weren't necessary. After the film ended, I listened to the prolonged applause and dropped my projectiles, discreetly, one by one, on the floor behind the screen."

In a series of three readings this week, famous film-makers describe their adventures in the movie business.

1. MY LAST BREATH
Luis Bunel recalls scandalous times with the Surrealists in twenties Paris, when he made films such as Un Chien Andalou on money borrowed from his mother! 

Reader Ian McDiarmid
Producer Duncan Minshull.

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